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Pizza to fit your timeline

A make-ahead, stay-at-home feast

Dec 29, 2013

Butter vs. shortening

The great pie crust bakeoff

Nov 23, 2013

Best tips from our Baker's Hotline

Sharing secrets for success

Nov 12, 2013

All about parchment paper

Raise your voice in praise of parchment

Nov 5, 2013

The secret to baking with frozen blueberries

Prevent the blue from bleeding

Sep 8, 2013

How to thicken fruit pies

No runs, no drips – no errors!

Jun 21, 2013

How to make sourdough starter

The path to great sourdough bread begins with healthy starter.

Apr 5, 2012

Homemade lemon curd in under 10 minutes

No joke - here's how

Jan 23, 2012

Wow, nice looking cake... NOT

Oct 16, 2011

Fluffy white icing

A 7-minute solution in less than 5 minutes

May 27, 2009

Anytime Peach Pie

Iron chef: a peach of a pie

Apr 17, 2009

Bring on Brioche

Mastering a new recipe

Feb 22, 2009

Irish bread, American-style

Irish Soda Bread Muffins

Feb 20, 2009

How to make homemade challah

And how to turn it into French toast

Jan 5, 2009

Making homemade pie crust

No need for frozen supermarket crusts!

Nov 11, 2008

The simplest muffins you'll ever bake

Tough times demand tender muffins

Oct 29, 2008